Spring-hook clip for securing luggage-labels, &amp;c.



No. 769,523. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904. J. P. WILSON & E. H. WHITMORE. SPRING HOOK CLIP FOR SECURING LUGGAGE LABELS, &0.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH FOORD WVILSON AND EDWVARD HENRY IVHITMORE, OF INVER- CARGILL, NEWV ZEALAND.

SPRING-HOOK CLIP FOR SECURING LUGGAGE-LABELS, 81.0-

SPECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,523, dated September 6, 1904.

, Application filed August 3, 1903. Serial No. 167,955. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH FOORD IVIL- SON, of Sprey street, and EDWARD HENRY WVHI'rMoRn, of the Crescent, Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, in the Colony of New Zealand, both subjects of His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented a new and useful Spring- Hook Clip for Securing Luggage-Labels and for Supporting Show-Cards and the Like Pu rposes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the provision of simple means for seouringlabels to bicycles, parcels, and other objects and for supporting calendars, show-cards, and the like.

Our invention comprises a spring-hook made of flat metal and havinga projecting integral tongue or tongues to prevent the hook from coming ofi the article to which it is at tached. The shank ofthe hook has staplepoints by which it is secured to the label, or other usual means for the same purpose may be employed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view showing the hook securing a label to a bicyclespoke. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating a modification; and Fig. 4 is a vertical central section.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, the hook l is made of flat spring metal bent over upon itself, with the end 2 curved outwardly, as shown. The set of the springnormally causes the curved portion of the end to bear against the shank 3 of the hook. A tongue I, projecting from the front portion of the hook toward the shank 3, is formed by punching partly through the metal of the hook and by pressing the punched portion inwardly, as shown. The shank has integral points 6, by which it is secured to the label 7.

Referring now to Figs. 3 and 4, the hook is as previously described; but another tongue, 8, is formed in the back of the hook and caused to project inwardly, so that its end overlaps the end of the tongue 4, formed upon the front of the hook.

In operation the hook is passed over the string, wire, or the like to which the label is to be secured, and the tongue or tongues prevent it from accidentally coming off.

IVe claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A hook made of flat spring metal having an integral shank provided with means by which it is secured to a label, said hook having an integral tongue formed by punching partly through the metal of the hook and by pressing the punched portion inwardly toward the opposite side of the hook substantially as specified and illustrated herein.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH FOORD WILSON. EDWARD HENRY WHITMORE.

WVitnesses:

ROBERT MAGLEAN JOHNSON, JOHN FREDERICK LILLICRAP. 

